Golf bag



C. O.' KAHLE Aprills, 1929.

GOLFBAG Filed Feb. 1, 1928 LNVENTOR BYE/(g 0. lah/e Patented Apr. 16V, 1929.

UNiT-ED STATES CLAY o; KAHLnor BREMERTON., WAsHING'reN.

GOLF BAG.

Appiieation filed February i, 192s. serial No. 2513000 This invention relates to a playors bag for golf clubs having pockets, or the like, for golf balls. f

lith ball containers or pockets of golf bags in general use the balls are carried promiscuously such that a plurality of balls must be withdrawn in orderto select one therefrom suitable for use in the gaine, the others being returned to the container.-

To obviate such inconveniences and to provide means permitting an inspection of the balls within the container therefor and the withdrawal of a selected ball only is the main object of the present invention.V A further object of the invention is to provide a bag wit-li a ball container wherein the balls are 'securely hold and safeguarded against theV accidental loss.

A further obiect of the invention 1s to pro- '20 vide a ball container wherein ballsl are most conveniently inserted and expeditiously abstracted therefrom;

Arfurthorobject of the invention is to provide a ball container embodying the above advantages, which will be of simple and inexpensive construction and efficient in use.

The invention consists in the novel construction, adaptation and combination of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a golf bag with an embodiment of the invention applied thereto, the inspecting and delivery opening of the ball container being illustrated in its closed condition Fig. 2 is a viewof thebag, partly in side elevation and partly in vertical section, said section being taken substantially on broken line 2 2 of'Fig. l;v Fig. Slis a horizontal section .on line 3 3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a section of the upper portion of the bag on line 4 4 of 2, ywith the upper portion ofthe ball containerrepresented in its upwardly extending position; and 5 is a fragmentaryrear elevation, to a larger scale, of the bag )withv the ball inspecting and delivery opening illustrated in its open condition.` 1 In said drawing, the reference r.niiineiallO represents a bag for golf clubs shown `with u reinforcing` bands 11 and 12 about the mouth 13 and lower end 14, respectively, of the bag, and Vwith longitudinally disposed stiffening element-S15. 16 represents a handle and 17 is a shoulder strap both located at vthe back of the bag and either of which may be utilized for carrying the bag.

comprises a piece of flexible material 181se-y cured along its sidesas by stitches 19to the peripheral wall 2O of the bagwhereby the Iportion of the bag material, as denoted by 201 in Figs. 1, 3.and5,fbetween the stitches 19 constitutes in l effectA a wall of thecontainer.

Above its connectionwith 'the' bag, thema'- teria-l 181 of the container is formedof itself part ofthe peripheral into a tubular sliapewhicliinay be doubled upon itself to extend downwardly into the bag as .shown .in Fig. 2;` or, it may be eX- tended. upwardly through the mouth of the `bag as shown in Fig.v 4.

The upper end 22 of the container is def sirably open for'th'e'insertion `of' golf balls into the container; in which case such end may be fastened' in a closed condition by the provision of buttons 23 or other suitable known fasteners.

The lower end 24 of the container is closed,

but in proximity thereto the container 18 is provided in its peripheral. wall With an open.- ing through vwhich .the balls may be inspected and. passed into and withdrawn from the container. Y

In a'pplyingthe container interiorly of the bag, as represented in the drawing,.saidlopen ing vis provided in the bag structure proper and within the area2'01 thereof.

More particularly, said opening, which is designatedby 25, consistsaofaV slot disposed in a-plane longitudinally of the bag and parallel with the aXisoft-he container 18.

Releasable fastening means is provided for i securing together the bagmaterial at opposite sides of said slot whereby thelatter is retained in its closed condition and also, .when the fastening means is disengaged, permitting the slot to be dilated to a relatively wide gap. Y u

A fasteningmeans Well .adapted for this purpose is of that type known as a separable Garment fastener an exam le of which is h 7 illustrated and described inU. S. Patent No:

1,219,881, issued March 20, 1917a 1n such al Fil fastener, is utilized two flexible Stringer members 2b' secured to the material ot the bag or to the container at opposite sides of the slot and is adapted to be interlocked and unlocked by means of a sliding cam device 27 mounted upon both members, the locking being effected by movement ot' the cam in one direction and unlocking by an opposite movement.

The device 27 is, furthermore, of the shape of a capital letter Y with channels in the branches 271 for the respective members 26 whereby the members are caused to be spread apart in the downward slot distending movement of the device'to provide a gap, as shown in Fig. 5, of a width equal to or greater than the diameter oi. a ball B. In the upward movement of the device the latter serves to brin g the members together and into locking relationwith each other.

ils shown in the drawing, said device is provided with a link 28 whereby the device is manually shifted in its unlocking and locking movements. Said link also serves as a lcatch over a staple attachment 29 above the slot whereby a padlock (not shown) engage able with the staple is capable of securing the device 27 in its!` member locking position.

30 and 3l represents tabs provided above and below the slot to serve as linger holds te facilitate the operation oft the device.

`In practice, the balls B may be successively inserted through the openingv in the top et the container when it is protruded, as represented in Fig. 4, above the top or" the bag; or the balls may be inserted through the slot into the lower portion of the Container, when such slot is in its horizontally distended condition as shown in Fig. 5.

Inasmuch as the container 18 maybe thus applied withballs into its lower end through the slot provided tliereat, the upper end of the container may be closed it desired, but it has been found convenient, and permits used or misshaped balls 'to be inserted through the top of the container onto other balls with.-

in the container'.

By opening the container slot, as shown in Fig. 5, a plurality oi balls are exposed to view and a selected one ot which may be withdrawn by the player. The slot is brought into its closed condition and thus secured by the lastcning` means provided. therefor, oit the character illustrated or by an equivalent.

Itis believed that the invention and thel manner ot' using the same will be understood from the above described embodiment.

lha-t I claim, is,-

l. In a golt bag., a ball container disposed longitudinally of the bag and provided at lits upper end with a ball receiving opening, said container being formed in part by a portion oit the peripheral wall et the bag and in part by a piece otl Yflexible material secured to said wall interiorly of the bag,'said wall portion being provided longitudinally thereolf with a slot in spaced relation with both ends of said containenand a separable tastener comprising interlocking members se cured to the bag structure at opposite sides et said slot, and means adapted to coact with said members tor actuating the latter to distend said slot to a width through which balls may be extracted trointhe container.

2. `In a golf bag, a ball container ot a tubular form arranged longitudinal of the bag and disposed interiorly thereof, 4said container having an open upper end adapted to eX- tended through the mouth ot the bag, said container having in proximity ot its lower end a ball-discharging opening which extends through the peripheral wall et the bag, and means for closing said ball-discharging opening.

8. In a golf bag, aball container of atubu lar form arranged longitudinally of the bag and with an inlet 1n the upper end thereof,

said end beingV adapted to be pretrudedV through the bag mouth., and a closable opening provided in the periphery ot the container near its lower end through which balls may be ext 1Aacted, and a means associatedl with the structure of the container for closing said opening.

4l. In a golf bag as deiined in claim 3 wherein the closing means torthe referred to opening is adapted to effect the distcnsion of the opening.

5. Ina golf-bag, a ball container secured to the bagI longitudinally thereof, said container having in its periphery in proximity oit its lower end an opening through which balls within the container may be inspected and eX- tractcd selectively, and a means Yfor closing said opening to prevent the accidental pasl e sage ot a ball therethrough.

6. A golf club bag vhaving interiorly thereot a longitudinally extending ball-containing pocket having an open upper end and an opening llier the lower portion thereof through a lateral wall ot the bag, and a 'move 

